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| PROLOGUE i Nursing Home CHAPTER 1 INTERLUDE 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3
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Nurse Yoder handed Mr. Hoo Nun the two notebooks and with a “Thank you” and she started her routine by taking his blood pressure. Neither of them said anything for a moment and then Mr. Hoo Nun cleared his throat. “Well, did you read them?” “Oh, uh, yes. They’re good. Very interesting.” “I’m glad you liked it.” He smiled. “Can you tell me more?” “Well,” she stopped and looked up. “I do have some questions.” He smiled and held out his hand. “Ask then. I have no where to go.” “First of all, I usually don’t read this kind of fiction so I might not....” “Oh,” his expression fell. “This is not fiction.” “Right. Anyway, what does this have to do with earth history? I mean, you said if I read this story I would understand my history better.” He
shook his head. “No.
I said if I tell you the history of my world, then you will
understand your own world better. Two
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“Ok, then, just tell me one thing: is Araknik a Firesmyth or a rogue?” She started dispensing his medicines. “A rogue?” “He knows the lost arts, doesn’t he?” she asked. He nodded. “Then doesn’t that make him one of them?” “Not necessarily, no. You see there were a few of the aristocracy that knew the lost arts. And he was old, very old, so he would have his own memory to rely on. It would not be a thing handed down to him in tradition.” She looked up at the wall behind him thinking and added a long drawn out “Oh.” “Your answers are here,” he said patting the remaining notebooks. “Read the rest. It tells more about Araknik.” “Alright.” She took the next two. “I can only read a little right now. I’m taking a class at the university.” She headed for the door and he sat up asking, “What are you studying?” She kept walking and said looking back, “Archeology.”
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